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The big prize isn’t Archie’s head ... it is Riverdale, Jug.

Jughead: Was it a quest from her master? Is Hiram more than the “Man in Black,” is he the Gargoyle King?Gladys: You are so caught up in this damn game, you can’t see three feet in front of you. The big prize isn’t Archie’s head ... it is Riverdale, Jug. If you had your wits about you, you would realize that Hiram chased you out of town just to get you off the chessboard, so you were as far away from Riverdale when he made his big play.Jughead: So, it’s not about ascending to the kingdom, it’s about claiming the kingdom.

Sister Woodhouse: The children who come through our doors are broken. It’s our sacred mission to fix them using whatever tools necessary.Betty: Does that mean the Sisters created Gryphons and Gargoyles? As a tool?Sister Woodhouse: Misbehaving children have been brought down to this room since the asylum opened. That statue scared them into submission. Some of them, the more disturbed ones, created a fantasy realm ... a game ... to cope with the fear of the one they named, “The Gargoyle King.” We embraced it as a therapeutic tool and it worked because it embeds itself in the minds of the players. It makes them complacent, focuses them.Betty: If that’s true, then how did the game get out into the world? Did you give it to Hiram?Sister Woodhouse: It was never meant to leave these walls. It’s too powerful. A game born of madness.Ethel: A madness you helped nurture. And now people like Ben and Dilton are dead.

Gladys: Oh, I recognize that rooster top. Archie Andrews![Gladys hugs Archie]Gladys: Gosh, you sure grew up![She stares at them and smile]Gladys: Ohhhh! So, you two finally got together, huh? I always knew there was something going on between you.Jughead: Uh, no, we’re not together “together.” We’re just on the road together.Archie: Yeah, like a bromance.